Mount Eerie represents the latest evolution of Phil Elverum's musical visio… Read Full Bio ↴Mount Eerie represents the latest evolution of Phil Elverum's musical vision. Formerly known as The Microphones, Elverum began Mount Eerie in 2003, maintaining his previous project's subtle, lo-fi, and lyrically dense fuzz-folk aesthetic.

Elverum explained this change in an 2003 interview with Discorder, asserting that "Mount Eerie is a new project. The Microphones was completed, or at least at a good stopping point. I did it because I am ready for new things. I am new."

As Mount Eerie, Phil typically works with synthesizers, guitars, drums, and the accenting voices of Mirah, The Blow, and fellow K-Records/Anacortes, Washington friends. Mount Eerie's album "Seven New Songs of Mount Eerie" was also the first recording released on Phil's new label, P.W.Elverum & Sun. All songs from that recording are available for free download in the Internet Archive.

Where?
Mount Eerie Lyrics

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"Where is Mount Eerie and how do I get there?
And how long's the walk and what should I bring?"
Mount Eerie is nowhere.
Mount Eerie is playing tonight.

"Where is the concert and will it be all ages?
And what time are doors?
And how much does it cost?"

The concert is nowhere.
There is only one sky.

"I accept the invitation.
I would like to 'fulfil the pregnant night'.
Where should I set my stuff up?"

Those things are not yours,
And tonight you will be taken in dark arms.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Mount Eerie's song Where? revolve around the themes of life, death, and the futility of seeking answers to unanswerable questions. The song starts with a series of questions that have existential undertones. The singer is asking for directions to a place that doesn't exist; Mount Eerie. This is probably a metaphor for the search for meaning and purpose in life. The questions are futile because there is no answer to them; they are as vast and complex as the universe itself.

In the second verse, the singer asks about a concert. Again, there are no answers to the questions. The concert is nowhere because it is a figment of the singer's imagination. The statement "there is only one sky" could be interpreted in different ways. On one hand, it could be a reference to the fact that we all share the same sky, and therefore, we are all connected in some way. On the other hand, it could also be a reminder that we are all at the mercy of the universe, and we have no control over what happens to us.

The final verse is both eerie and poetic. The singer accepts an invitation to "fulfill the pregnant night," which could be a metaphor for embracing the unknown. The line "those things are not yours" could be interpreted as a reminder that material possessions are meaningless in the grand scheme of things. The last line of the song, "And tonight you will be taken in dark arms," could be interpreted as a reference to death. The darkness could represent the unknown and death as an inevitable end we will all meet.

Line by Line Meaning

Where is Mount Eerie and how do I get there?
Mount Eerie is nowhere.

And how long's the walk and what should I bring?
Mount Eerie is playing tonight.

Where is the concert and will it be all ages?
The concert is nowhere.

And what time are doors?
There is only one sky.

And how much does it cost?

I accept the invitation.
Those things are not yours,

I would like to 'fulfil the pregnant night'.
And tonight you will be taken in dark arms.

Where should I set my stuff up?

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